A compendium of the Theravāda Buddhist philosophy and meditation, the Visuddhimagga, meaning "Path of Purification (清净道论)", was written in Sri Lanka in the early 5th century AD by Venerable Buddhaghosa (觉音尊者).

Ñ: For Stream Enterers, Once-returners, Non-returners, those with Cankers Destroyed (i.e. Arahants), Pacceka Buddhas, and Fully Enlightened Ones, whether past, future or present, all arrive at the distinction peculiar to each by means of these same six modes.

Tasmā imehi chahākārehi sampannajjhāsayena bhavitabbaṃ.

是故当知依此六种行相而具足意乐。

Ñ: That is why he should have sincerity of inclination in these six modes.

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Thanks to Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) and Venerable Nyanatusita for allowing me to use the English translation of the Visuddhimagga (The Path Of Purification) by Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa,
translated from the Pāḷi by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, as part of a combined Chinese English translation.